Update: On July 1, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.

Read the analysis of the argument in this case here.

On January 27, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as

On April 22, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Horn,  2015-Ohio-1484. In a unanimous opinion written by Justice Kennedy, the court held that in a foreclosure action, while a plaintiff must have standing at the time suit is filed (this was the holding in

On April 22, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Horn,  2015-Ohio-1484. In a unanimous opinion written by Justice Kennedy, the court held that in a foreclosure action, while a plaintiff must have standing at the time suit is filed (this was the holding in

Update: on April 22, 2015, the court unanimously dismissed this case as improvidently certified.

“Aren’t there rights of a mortgage holder to enforce a foreclosure independent of the note? We don’t want to recognize some new field of law and eliminate that right, do we?” Justice Terrence O’Donnell.

On February 25, 2015, the Supreme Court

Update: On April 22, 2015, this case was unanimously dismissed as improvidently certified.

Read the analysis of the oral argument here.

On February 25, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of SRMOF 2009-1 Trust v. Shari Lewis et al, 2014-0485. At issue in this case is whether

Update: On April 22, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

On January 14, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Brian T. Horn, et. al., 2013-1534. The issue in this case

Update: On April 22, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

Read an analysis of the oral argument here.

On January 14, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Brian T. Horn

Case Background

Paul Jones and Latosha Sanders bought a new house from Centex Homes. After they moved in, they found that their electronic equipment didn’t work right. They alleged that the reason was because metal joists in the house were magnetized. Another couple, Eric and Ginger Estep, brought a lawsuit against Centex with identical issues.

On October 8, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Bank of Am., N.A. v. Kuchta, 2014-Ohio-4275. In a 5-2 opinion written by Chief Justice O’Connor, for herself and Justices Lanzinger, O’Donnell, French, and Kennedy, the court answered the following certified conflict question in the negative:

“When a defendant

Update: On October 8, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

On January 8, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of Bank of American, N.A. v. George M. Kuchta, et al., 2013-0304. At issue in this case